I am resending this message in the hopes that someone may respond to it.

Thanks,

Michael Knox

>Hello fellow B-Greekers,

> In Matt:15:28b, Jesus makes the following statement to the Canaanite
woman:

> W GUNAI, MEGALH SOU H PISTIS

> Max Zerwick, in his grammar(#35), says that the omission of the
particle before the vocative is the rule in Hellenistic usage. >Thus, he
believes that it may be significant whenever the particle is seen before the
vocative. He further states, that with the >exception of the book of Acts
(which he says still retains Attic influence), the occurrence of the
particle before the vocative seems to >suggest deep emotion on the part of
the speaker. Does anyone have any comments about this?